>The glory and romance of the American flag is just as
>mythological but I recognize that it's something some
>Americans feel deeply.
>
>I don't give a shit about it personally but I let them cook,
>for the most part. I'd think publicly defecating on the Stars
>& Stripes for the sole purpose of going "U mad, bro?" is just
>as reprehensible.

The idea of intelligent satire vs being plain reprehensible is a matter of personal judgement and taste. I find Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher reprehensible on account of my religion pretty regularly.

There are plenty of things out there I could get into a huff over if I didn't recognise the reality that people don't have to respect my religious beliefs in the same way that I do, as long as they don't intrude on my religious freedom in the process. But if I wasn't that way, and got violent as a result, would there still be room for those sorts of comments?